TY - BOOK AU - Asser,John AU - Cook,Albert S. TI - Asser's Life of King Alfred AV - DA PY - 2020/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Alfred, King of England, 849-899 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser; Release date is 2020-10-06; Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Original publication data not identified N2 - "Asser's Life of King Alfred" by John Asser is a biography written in 893. A Welsh monk recruited to Alfred the Great's scholarly court, Asser composed the only substantial contemporary account of England's legendary king. This work reveals Alfred's character, achievements, and daily life in remarkable detail—information unavailable for any other early English ruler. Though the original manuscript perished in a 1731 fire, earlier transcriptions preserved this invaluable portrait. The biography's authenticity has sparked debate, but scholars now widely accept it as genuine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63384 ER -